After Hawaii’s Governor David Ige issued a mandatory evacuation order, 1700 people were evacuated late Thursday from the vicinity of the big island’s largest volcano. Within 2 hours, the US geological survey reported that this most recent eruption of the Kilauea volcano ceased activity at approximately 6:30 PM HST. But, on Friday morning reported that the eruption of lava […]
U.S. voters head to the polls in November for a high-stakes congressional midterm election in which Republican control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate appears to be in jeopardy. The outcome of the elections could have a profound impact on U.S. President Donald Trump as well, and the president is starting to […]
PENTAGON — The U.S. Defense Department has announced conditions under which it will resume sending suspected terrorists caught on the battlefield to its detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the first time in more than a decade. Pentagon officials sent the updated guidance to the White House Wednesday, backing President Donald Trump’s decision to reverse […]
WASHINGTON — The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog called attention Tuesday to a 2015 report by its director that said it had “no credible indications” of Iranian activity linked to the development of nuclear weapons after 2009. The report presented by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano ended a more than decade-long investigation into allegations Iran worked to develop […]